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You are at the homepage of the chair of sociology, where our emphasis is societal comparison.

The
main focus at the chair is to provide a comparative analysis of social
structure of modern societies and their social change. We seek to
accomplish this by using a micro-macro analytical approach.

Based
on sociological, economical as well as social-psychological
micro-theories, we attempt to explore the connections between individual
behaviour patterns and the contexts and social structures they are
embedded in, illustrating them by a comparative analysis of the
societies.

The teaching spectrum
of the chair encompasses B.A. Sociology courses “Social structures and
processes” (lecture and tutorials) and “European societies” (lecture and
tutorials). Our advanced B.A. and M.A. module courses are “Migration
and integration of immigrants”, “Social inequalities and ethnic
differentiation” and “Education and labour market”.

Research activities
focus on comparative analyses of social structure of modern industrial
societies with special emphasis on education and labour markets, social
inequality and mobility, migration and integration. Our projects are hosted by the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), Department A.